I officially registered for BMO Vancouver last month and booked my flight in January, so I'm all set. I'm running a 50K the week before in Washington state, then crossing the land border the Wednesday before. Hope to sightsee a little bit in Vancouver before the actual race. All I need to do is find hotel rooms. Let me know if you want to meet up or not.

ed_,
2/9/2015 12:18:50 AM

Ed! I just saw your message here now. Sorry about that. My husband is registered but I am not. I had an Achilles heel issue that forced me to stop running. I started to train again a couple months ago but very gently and am cautious about the weight I run at now. So, at the moment, there is about a 25% chance of me being ready for the BMO. But I will be there cheering if not running. Let me know if you are coming. :)

malenka1,
2/8/2015 9:39:52 AM

Hey Malenka. I remember we talked about the BMO Vancouver and I am actually planning on coming over to do the marathon in 2015. Are you planning on it too?

ed_,
12/6/2014 5:22:00 PM

Michael Phillips has been spending most of his time these days living in a tiny room in a no-frills northeast Dallas nursing home.Until recently, he had a roommate who slept in a bed 2 feet away, and staff brought him three square meals a day.

when Phillips was officially exonerated by Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins' Conviction Integrity Unit, which determined via DNA testing that he was falsely convicted. The state will now pay him handsomely for its mistake.

It was a first-of-its-kind exoneration in that Phillips wasn't clamoring for vindication. As was the case when he accepted a plea deal in 1990, he felt that his race would preclude him from getting a fair shake in the justice system, so he just accepted his plight.After entering hisplea,

Phillips, a 57-year-old African-American who grew up in New Orleans, served 12 years in a Texas prison for the rape of a 16-year-old white girl at a Dallas motel where he'd worked as a maintenance man.Confined to a wheelchair due to his battle with sickle cell anemia, Phillips has been out of jail since 2002. He has been living in nursing homes the past few years as his health has spiraled downward.

In his first week as a free man, Phillips is overjoyed and struggles to put his emotions into words, instead pointing to the spirituality that helped him cope all these years."A-W-E doesn't describe the feeling.